Neely Gwen McCain, 93, of Lexington, Alabama, died April 25, 2021. Born January 29, 1928, to Richard Coleman and Verna Blanch Thomas McCain in Lexington, Neely became a member of Nebo Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Hope Presbytery) in his youth. He married Mary Olene Putman and they had four sons. The Nebo church became like an extension of his family. He sang in the choir, served as an elder, taught Sunday School, and led congregational singing. One of his brothers was the Cumberland Presbyterian minister, Reverend Terrence Robbins McCain. Neely, “see you in the funny papers, on the Popeye page.”
About Matthew Gore
Matthew H. Gore is a British journalist, historian, popular culturist, archivist, and educator residing in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the immediate past-president of the Society of Tennessee Archivists and is best known for his book The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Kentucky to 1988 (2000). He has also published on a variety of topics as diverse as The Origin of Marvelman (a British superhero of the 1950s and 1960s), the relative scarcity of East German philatelics, and the biography of British pulp artist, Denis McLoughlin. He is employed by the Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at the Cumberland Presbyterian Center in Memphis, Tennessee, as editor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine and as publications manager. He has been associated with both Western Kentucky University, which honored him with their James H. Poteet Award, and the University of Kentucky. He also serves as editor for all Boardman Books (Memphis, Tennessee) publications.
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